Expectations Shattered, with this Stihl 500i.

[@bensands6488]

The tree at 4:55 is white oak (Quercus alba). The oaks you cut in the first video with the Ripsaw guys were red oak (Quercus rubra). The plant growing all over the ground is Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica) - PA forester. That 500i is zippy. Thank you for sharing.

[@BuckinBillyRaySmith]

THAT MAKES SENSE AS I AM NEW TO THESE ,, BUT NOT NEW TO FIBRE, IT WAS OAKY, THX

[@timtorkelson7201]

Sweet running Stihl!!

[@fullhousebuckin]

Everytime i fall a tree i hear Buckin "Get yer freakin head up!" I love it! A constant reminder to LIVE&LOVE

[@bryanherbert5454]

I could watch this guy all day❤ some days the message is right on point and puts my mind in check this community is the best love to all. Be Kind hope your well Ewan❤

[@DevonReeley]

Much love!❤️🪵

[@RICHIE_RICH89]

Saw sounds like my yz 250 when they still made good bikes. Yes I like the 2 strokes.

[@stuartramage5933]

peace an love from scotland stuart an family.

[@beav159]

That saw is rippin! I can hear the difference you are talking about between it and your saw. Keep on buckin

[@jakewilson640]

Buckin, Just want you to know my 1.5 year old son comes running to watch your videos with me whenever he hears you fire up a saw, God Bless.

[@BuckinBillyRaySmith]

Love it

[@martyrutter3630]

Prayers will continue for our young friend. Blessings to all the family. 🙏♥️

[@colejones4238]

Need some more 572 xp! Just went and got one because of watching you. Appreciate the videos, thank you Buckin’!

[@BreakOutOfTheAlgorithm]

That was awesome! Can't get enough of this channel and the positive uplifting energy I feel after watching you work. Thank you. 🙏

[@patrickdesimone8310]

It is a beautiful white oak ,my favorite tree!!!

[@scottallpress3818]

I’ll be honest I haven’t watched ya much lately , and I don’t know why because this pumps me up! So much positivity and passion .

[@peterweikel7123]

i absolutely love this guy, he is a master for certain. i wish i could cut half as well as he does

[@toddalbright4534]

Prayers for Ewan. Keep your head up. Love, Faith, and Hope. Keep these in your heart as you move forward. This will help you in your fight. Buckin, that 500I is an animal. It is so smooth. Idle, cut and Buck. I think Ripsaw has done a great job with that saw,but I also agree Stihl did some work on their side too. I can't wait till you get one of the new 500I . Take care.

[@AJFixie]

Sound is great. Reminds me of an '80s Honda CR 250.

[@saltrock9642]

Stay strong, Ewan! We are praying for ya. 💪🪓💪

[@stephenmerrill4200]

I love watching Buckin get excited about things he loves, makes me excited about life and the things I love too. Thanks Buckin! Much love from Georgia

[@BuckinBillyRaySmith]

LOVE YA

[@seanpierce3394]

Great job cutting the pa wood. That is a rip snorter of saw. EWAN prayers being sent to you, your family and your surgical team. Rest up praying for a quick recovery as well. Be well ❤

[@bobbyscott8024]

Nice job Buckin' on that fell! I saw everything you were telling us about that tree! Amazing work my friend!

[@walkerscountrylife]

That looks just like the oak we get here in the UK. Man that 500i sounds good..

[@cgmoog]

Ash borer has done a job on PA Ash trees. Many local services will not touch them if their dead for a while for fear of dead branches dropping while felling.

[@SLOCLMBR]

Green ash turns into breadsticks.. gotta be careful with em

[@tomlorenzen4062]

Give me a break. All dead trees pose problems. You must have pussy tree cutters out there.

[@cydonianman]

I live in Arkansas. I have 2 ash trees in my back yard. So far they haven't been raided...hopefully they won't. I just have to keep an eye on them.

[@boriss.861]

Billy that's got to be one of the finest sound power saws over ALL REVS i've ever witnessed

[@christopherallendunk]

The lumber makes good axe handles & hockey sticks.

[@markfeasel9431]

Looks like Ash. By the bark Emerald ash bore killed it.

[@rrssmooth6643]

Bought a 661, love the way they are calibrated.

[@michaelthompson859]

Great video. Prayers to Ewin

[@brianreagan1349]

From back here in Missouri, looks like White oak to me. Strong, long grain,

[@michaelskelton1279]

Sounds like that saw is Happy Big Time Buckin....Wow Man....plus its breaking in now....Im contemplating getting my 500i done by your boys at RipSaw???

[@technosamurai9825]

It's good to see you out your comfort zone Buckin'. Still professional as ever. And as for that 500i...... It's alive.

[@randledugger9340]

That's definitely a white oak. Those thing will hold like crazy. But greened out white oaks will barber chair if tried to pull that much on the stump. Just food for thought. Buckin you have taught me so so much! Much love and many prayers for safety brother!!! Keep on rippin!

[@allenmccall5021]

Green one would definitely have busted.

[@johnPrice-qi6cs]

Howdy mr.bucken, man that saw with that exhaust is something else for sure and yes them big dead limbs ar just waiting for some good vibrations to let loose,good trees for a lookout for sure!!! News flash move over crabbers the loggers got the more treacherous occupation!!! Have you ever heard of widowmaker crabs!!!!??? No offense crabbers!!!! Great tutorial as always!!! When I was young and just starting out my mentor told me you will learn something from every man you work with and its true !!!!! We have two hands-- one to help ourselves and one to help others!!!! Pleasure as always!! Sierra.John

[@SlashcutExpert]

Always love saw sound 🥰🥰

[@ronluker3781]

Growing up in Pennsylvania we called those bamboo leaf ( elephant ears ) good times great video love the saw and your ability to tell a tell about ever tree you cut down thanks for all the information you give in these videos

[@jacobehlers7644]

They are called Japanese Knotweed. Very invasive....

[@BuckinBillyRaySmith]

THX RON GLAD YER HERE

[@donnywalker4691]

Sounds like a well tuned 372 big bore or a old school 046 ported

[@haroldhodge7770]

That saw sounds so sweet

[@loggerjake8506]

Looks like old Buckin is cutting some white oak in my state. Thats good firewood right there. Burns hot. We cut a lot of it. The verneer logs go for barrel staves. My favorite species to cut but it likes to barberchair.

[@brettblack7049]

Help me out, why would veneer logs go for staves, I get white oak for them since it ages well/rot resistant. I thought white oak too, but then I saw the wedge and the holes in the bark, so my guess is ash. But, it sure did hold together nice for ash. Need to watch on my computer later, phones pretty small.

[@kendallrogers377]

That tree looks like a white oak from what I can tell. A white oak can be standing dead for years and still be solid as if it were still alive. Love the saw. Keep on buckin...

[@hairyyeti21]

I thought elm

[@edwardpriestley2747]

Thank you Buckin for all your tips my ts700 is running so good now that I know how to tune it properly making short work on my brick cutting!!!

[@busterhoskins9751]

Prayers Ewin, hang tuff little brother ❤

[@christophersmith3624]

Red oak has a very distinct smell when you cut it green and slightly less when dead/ dry. Or the ones in Alabama do

[@brianmullaly397]

Awesome footage thanks for sharing

[@BuckinBillyRaySmith]

WELCOME

[@yourneck2]

@5:20 it’s Calaloo greens, super high in nutrients better than collard greens have it boys…..

[@brucemanley7593]

Sure glad that the under growth isn't as tall as you seem to have there. I'd be in trouble! ❤ Love to you and the Fam.

[@Slickheadhunter]

AWESOME firewood!

[@b.s.outdoors6127]

Love my 500i. It was giving me problems on the hot restart during those 5 minute water breaks or re fueling and was a 30+ pull restart. After going into the shop twice I'm waiting on a replacement. But when the saw runs I love it. I need me some pipes for her though

[@christopherlehman4045]

Stihl recommends using the purge primer after a refill if your having issues with restarting

[@glennllewellyn7369]

Let it idle for 20-30 seconds after long runs BEFORE YOU SWITCH IT OFF, it’ll start every time.

[@johndecker1871]

Just here Waiting for this one, already ordered ripsaw 572 , im getting popcorn now!!!!

[@Chad-v4j]

Sounds freakin great

[@henryholliday1]

it is crispy dead red oak which is the firewood of choice here on the east coast of the usa, it splits like butter if there is no knots and hold moisture like a sponge and burns hot and long if seasoned properly although it is not even close to the best firewood species here on the east coast of the usa which would be black locust. red oak smells slightly like vinegar or ketchup where white oak which has a completely different bark smells more buttery and nutty

[@BuckinBillyRaySmith]

MY EXPERIENCE AS WELL

[@jcc3999]

Hickory is the best choice in PA for firewood hands down burns the hottest well next to osage orange if you can find it then oak

[@stuartramage5933]

God bless ewan an family .stu.

[@lonniechartrand]

Everyone keeps saying "Stihl has changed something with this 500i." Well of course they did! And they will continue to do so. That is how things are made better. I cannot think of ANY first run production models of ANY KIND OF PRODUCT, that comes out of the gate without any further advancements in development!

[@jcc3999]

Especially when the 500i been around since 2012 in cutoff saw configuration then 2018 in chainsaw

[@christopherlehman4045]

The cut off saw and chainsaw are 100% different, ts500i was used for the injection test bed but that’s it. The saw has the injection between the throttle body and cylinder. Concrete saw has injection in bottom of case.

[@jcc3999]

@@christopherlehman4045 The concept was there they took and made a chainsaw out of 6 years later

[@christopherlehman4045]

I understand how it works but they are 100% different in every way and parts don’t interchange

[@christopherlehman4045]

Also the first injected saw was the Stihl carbon concept they built of a heavily modified ms441

[@michaelskelton1279]

Holy Smikes Buckin, Wow listen to that thing....

[@mikeduwe]

Buckin' got a new brush cutter, its called the 500i

[@ericlarson8951]

I’m amazed at how you swung that tree almost 90°.

[@gpcoins539]

Bark looks like oak and the fibers look like it's red oak. I make a lot of wood projects from it. It holds up well, but you have to wet it multiple times to raise the grain until it stops doing that.

[@brettblack7049]

It's ash.

[@valeviper4671]

Hmmm , I don't know.... we see a lot of those here in Canada East (QC) White Ash... If you see grub trails under the bark, that's the emerald ash borer eating the cambium layer from the top down.....leaves D shaped holes when they molt and exit.... We've taken down thousands of trees like this.......and yes very similar to oak in color and texture. Later in the video......better closeup of the bark, resembles oak more than ash.....

[@hankclingingsmith8707]

NICE SAW

[@toddpacheco4748]

Buckin you were a man with a plan on that tree 🌲 ❤😮😊

[@glenmurphy5233]

Billy Ray loving a Stihl haha Sorry man I'm a Stihl man all day love the video awesome

[@indigatorveritatis8891]

Yeah, I'm a Stihl guy, but I appreciate the love for Huskies. I think it's just a preference if all the emotion is taken out... and then it comes down to chain sharpness

[@davefran01]

Your a test pilot Buckin !! 😃 We only seek improvement ! Not perfection ! So it appears to me that the W coast of the island is still rain forest and probably has old growth. I've been in Victoria in the mid 80's for a few hours went to the gardens . Given how sunny and dry it appears at your place, I've thought it would be wetter. Wish you'd have asked the Rip Saw lads where they got their 2 cycle experience , there work appears very professional. Pretty decent video !

[@noclass2gun342]

Definitely red oak... hard as a coffin nail and stringy... split a bunch of it with a stihl pro forestry axe a few years back... what a workout

[@WildlifeClips365]

Great video. Lighting was different over there in the US. Pretty sure that was dead ash, those bore holes in the trunk were probably the old EAB and again, yep japanese knotweed, spreads like wildfire.... 👍

[@benbaker989]

Need you sum Kentucky,West Virginia,Virginia,Tennessee Trees. Love see you cut some deep mountain trees, by the way The Guts you punched out of that trees that's A white oak Very Valuable Wood When they are big down here

[@BrickTop_007]

Now theres a saw, it doesn't half rip 👌🙏💙

[@BuckinBillyRaySmith]

Right

[@mrglock2313]

Ash my friends. Ps, I like how patient buckin is when felling a tree. Safety

[@BuckinBillyRaySmith]

THERES NO HURRY

[@justinsigmon1878]

So i am about to get the 500I for tree business. What all did you do to that saw to make it run like that.

[@ajridge2264]

You're in Vancouver Island? That's a cool place, good for you brother.

[@jessewintersteen4740]

The bamboo stuff looks like Japanese knot weed. It never dies just spreads.

[@_JamesBrown]

Welcome to the East Coast. Everything grows here in tight pockets. You have to fight your way to the tree through ivy and thorns

[@naturundhund]

😎👍 Greetings from Germany Peter

[@christianlacasse2937]

Sounds pretty good am I have to get some more from all mine on my 881 462 and the 660

[@kyleree6757]

I would throw away every saw I own for THAT saw! Or it's twin!

[@timothysullivan4130]

That saw sounds like a YZ-250🤣

[@tnbrfller]

The good ole STIHL O84 were 123cc, and they ran like a strong 125. Porting, filter kit etc. They were monsters in the back in the day, in the big wood.

[@gunnerfanning5921]

Well Buckin', nickname for that saw could be "Psychic" it knows what you're gonna do before you do, lol.. will say a few words for your friend at supper time in the U.K. Be safe Pardner... 👍😎

[@timmaurer3038]

I thought white oak but would have to have a closer look. Mixed oak or perhaps Burr oak? Anyway, how in the world do you stay out of the ticks! I can’t get in the woods without being swarmed by them! The tiny tiny ones! Great video…as always. Thanks to you I am better than I was with a saw! Way better and safer!

[@cydonianman]

Had a coworker that used to be in the army and he used flea and tick collars around the ankles of his BDUs. Not kidding. EWAN, Godspeed on your recovery bud.

[@mcauleyman]

ash and elm trees have really good fibers and hold on well especially elm. elm hold on extremely well when its dead

[@technosamurai9825]

We have a lot of dead elm in the UK. Like concrete to cut.

[@LongRidgeFarmer]

The first 500i I heard, I didn’t like and Buckin yours sounded just like the first one I heard. This newer one sounds awesome.

[@ShafnerTreeServiceLLC]

I hope that’s not poison oak at the beginning!! The cameraman has a really great vantage point!

[@davidthomas5997]

That looks like a dead white oak to me. Do I see a new Stihl wedge banger on you? Real happy we don't have that knotweed yet here in Central PA. It looks like it could choke out everything.

[@JeffProvencher-h8c]

definitely red oak Billy

[@eddietolbert5308]

that saw sounds amazing. Just picked up a ms400 for firewood last week and so far i really like it

[@BuckinBillyRaySmith]

Great to hear!

[@hawkforgeusa1014]

Great video, I’m pretty sure that it a white oak tree based on the bark,

[@1944chevytruck]

be kind!

[@BuckinBillyRaySmith]

OH ALRIGHT 😁

[@kevinjones2667]

❤ from pnw oregon.

[@PNW_Car_Mods]

Damn buckin, I don't think I've ever in my life heard a saw run that clean and crisp. I know you are not a huge fan of the big stihls but I could see this one changing your ways!

[@BuckinBillyRaySmith]

This is how a saw should run all my husky’s run like this

[@antoniomorgado5304]

I think stihl keep the tune a little bit rich on the begginig of the 500i and now they potencialy lean a bit the tune on the computer! I think but not sure! And the muffler makes a huge diference! sounds like a dirt bike!💪💪

[@leonardvirtue5753]

Nice 😊

[@atskooc]

I got 17 ticks just watching this vid!

[@MATT.MAN-PEACE-LOVE]

Love ❤️

[@BuckinBillyRaySmith]

TRY THAT BROTHER

[@MATT.MAN-PEACE-LOVE]

@@BuckinBillyRaySmithyes sir all 100% lol Rodger 10 4 we are fairly suckin diesel now love ya brother have a peaceful night she’s raining hard here at the minute ✌️❤️🌲🪵🪓🐝

[@jordans.9702]

Buckin can you finally say you love the 500i? I mean you use it in almost every video. Keep on man!

[@BillCockman]

The color of wood with the medullary rays and the bark looks like a white oak

[@critterg8493]

Ewan keep up the fight buddy

[@craigstephens6556]

That was a dead oak and I definitely heard the crack of the saw you were in my front yard but I didn't know you were there or I would have came and said hello I love watching your videos

[@BuckinBillyRaySmith]

THX CRAIG

[@waltermejia779]

Just prime!!

[@Beav7681]

The hinge fiber looks like ash but the bark looks like white oak

[@markcrawford2]

As a PA native that looks like a classic dead white oak

[@MJF40]

That saw is crackalackin !

[@Forged721]

Is it just me - I'm missing the McCullough Hot Rods 😥😃

[@BuckinBillyRaySmith]

STAY TUNED. I REMEMBER A TIME WHEN FOLKS WERE LIKE ,,WHEN WILL YOU EVER RUN STIHLS AND NEWER SAWS TO HELP WITH OUR DECISIONS,,,, HAHAHHAH THEY ARE NEVER TO FAR FRIEND

[@Forged721]

@BuckinBillyRaySmith The 500 Has landed for sure thx to you and Rip saw 🫵 To me it's an Assassin no doubt .no Question But not as Sexy as the 572XP or straight up DNA brutes like the Hot Rods 🤣 Love ya work and Vibes ✊️

[@BuckinBillyRaySmith]

@@Forged721I’m a husky man. But that saw I just ran blow my 500 outta the water in small wood,, thx pal

[@justinwatson5304]

@buckinbillyray how did you get the pennline hard hat I work for them in southern Maryland curious for more of a back story

[@BuckinBillyRaySmith]

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